Kane v. Moore

Citations

• 167 Pa. 275
• 31 A. 631
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 893

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Contract—Hiring by year.</p> <p>Defendant desiring to employ plaintiff as a trainer of horses wrote him as follows: “I will give you $60.00 cash per month, and board, and if you remain with me to the end of the year, I’ll add $15.00 per month, making $75.00 per month.” Plaintiff wrote in reply: “I accept your terms; T will woi-k for $60.00 per month including board, and at the end of the year, you are to pay $120; or, in other words, at the rate of $75.00 per month; you keep $15.00 back each month, and pay me, as above stated, at the end of the year.” Defendant answered: “It is understood that I pay you $60.00 per month and board from May 1, to. January 1, 1893. On January 1,.1893, if in my employ, I am to pay yon $15.00 per month extra for May, June, July, August, Séptember, October, November and December eight months in all, or $120 in full.” Held, that the contract was from the first of May to the first of January, a hiring by the year and not by the month.</p>